[Six-Piece Band in Military Uniform Playing at Acorn 39 Party]

Photograph of a six-piece band playing at an Acorn (military air base) 39 party. Pictured seated from left to right is a saxophone player, a trumpet player, and a guitarist all sitting in front of a drummer and a double bass player standing behind the seated players. Behind them, a piano can be see with the hat of the piano player visible over the top of the piano.
Date: April 27, 1944
Creator: Anderson, Frederick Nels
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Roosevelt Chows with Marines]

Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt having "chow" at seated luncheon with enlisted Marines at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Airforce base. At the end of the table stands a Marine and six people sit on either side of the table. On the left sit six Marines, and on the other bench sits four Marines, Eleanor Roosevelt and her secretary Malvina Thompson.
Date: April 3, 1944
Creator: United States. Marine Corps
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marines at Red Cross Tent]

Photograph of Marines on Bougainville gathering around the Red Cross center there to read the latest news. The Red Cross center is a tent pitched with wooden stakes with Marines lined up underneath it and it's surrounded by trees. There is also a small wooden sign with "Red Cross" written across it to mark the tent.
Date: April 4, 1944
Creator: Batts, J. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aggie Muster Group Picture]

Photograph of Aggie Muster group somewhere in the Pacific on April 21, 1944. The men in the photo are wearing matching uniforms and are arranged into three rows. The top two rows are standing while the bottom row is sitting in fold out chairs.
Date: April 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William Halsey, Jr., to the South Pacific Area, April 21, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from William Halsey, Jr., to the South Pacific Area, April 21, 1944]

Letter from Admiral William Halsey, Jr., to the South Pacific Area thanking them for a job well done with the South Pacific campaign nearing completion.
Date: April 21, 1944
Creator: Halsey, William, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pacific Army and Navy Chiefs Plan Strategy]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, (right), Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, talks over future strategic moves with General Douglas MacArthur, USA, Commander-in-Chief, Southwest Pacific Area. General MacArthur is pointing at a map on the left with a tobacco pipe. He is wearing a light-colored collared shirt, a tie, pants and black dress shoes. Admiral Nimitz is wearing a white collared shirt with 4-stars pinned to it, a black tie with a tie clip, pants and black dress shoes.
Date: April 27, 1944
Creator: Smith, Loran F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History